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Daily Dashboard | U.S. To Expand Data Sharing Overseas Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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The Department of Homeland Security plans to expand foreign biometric data sharing, FCW reports. The Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), now five months old, will use a $33 million contract with Accenture to decrease the time, cost and personnel required to share U.S. biometric data with the UK, New Zealand, Canada and Australia. OBIM provides biometric data to federal, state and local governments to deal with immigration violators, criminals and known or suspected terrorists, OBIM’s deputy director said, adding it aims to improve biometric data-sharing and increase interoperability among the U.S. Departments of Defense, Justice and State. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Japan seek to formalize an agreement on sharing fingerprints of convicted criminals.
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